Quadratic roots, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.6% → 99.8%
Time: 11.8s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 5 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 31.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-c \cdot 2}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (- (* c 2.0)) (+ b (sqrt (fma b b (* c (* a -4.0)))))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return -(c * 2.0) / (b + sqrt(fma(b, b, (c * (a * -4.0)))));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(-Float64(c * 2.0)) / Float64(b + sqrt(fma(b, b, Float64(c * Float64(a * -4.0))))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[((-N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision]) / N[(b + N[Sqrt[N[(b * b + N[(c * N[(a * -4.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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\frac{-c \cdot 2}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 32.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. sub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. distribute-lft-neg-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot a}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 4}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. distribute-rgt-neg-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right)\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    10. associate-*l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    11. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    12. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    13. metadata-eval32.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Applied rewrites32.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    2. div-invN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    3. lift-+.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. flip-+N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*l/N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}} \]
    6. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}} \]
  6. Applied rewrites33.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in b around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot c}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot 2}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \]
    2. lower-*.f6499.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot 2}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot 2}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \]
  10. Final simplification99.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{-c \cdot 2}{b + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \]
  11. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 91.1% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{c \cdot 2}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (* c 2.0) (* 2.0 (- (/ (* c a) b) b))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (c * 2.0) / (2.0 * (((c * a) / b) - b));
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (c * 2.0d0) / (2.0d0 * (((c * a) / b) - b))
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (c * 2.0) / (2.0 * (((c * a) / b) - b));
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (c * 2.0) / (2.0 * (((c * a) / b) - b))
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(c * 2.0) / Float64(2.0 * Float64(Float64(Float64(c * a) / b) - b)))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (c * 2.0) / (2.0 * (((c * a) / b) - b));
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(c * 2.0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * N[(N[(N[(c * a), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision] - b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{c \cdot 2}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 31.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. sub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{b \cdot b} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{\left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    6. distribute-lft-neg-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4 \cdot a\right)\right) \cdot c}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    7. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{4 \cdot a}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    8. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\color{blue}{a \cdot 4}\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    9. distribute-rgt-neg-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{\left(a \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right)\right)} \cdot c\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    10. associate-*l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    11. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, \color{blue}{a \cdot \left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    12. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(4\right)\right) \cdot c\right)}\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    13. metadata-eval31.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(\color{blue}{-4} \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  4. Applied rewrites31.6%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    2. div-invN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    3. lift-+.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) + \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}\right)} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    4. flip-+N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}} \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a} \]
    5. associate-*l/N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}} \]
    6. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, a \cdot \left(-4 \cdot c\right)\right)}}} \]
  6. Applied rewrites32.3%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(b \cdot b - \mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}}} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in b around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot c}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot 2}}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \]
    2. lower-*.f6499.8

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot 2}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.8%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot 2}}{\left(-b\right) - \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, b, c \cdot \left(a \cdot -4\right)\right)}} \]
  10. Taylor expanded in c around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot 2}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a \cdot c}{b} - 2 \cdot b}} \]
  11. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-lft-out--N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot 2}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{a \cdot c}{b} - b\right)}} \]
    2. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot 2}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{a \cdot c}{b} - b\right)}} \]
    3. lower--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot 2}{2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\frac{a \cdot c}{b} - b\right)}} \]
    4. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot 2}{2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot c}{b}} - b\right)} \]
    5. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot 2}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}{b} - b\right)} \]
    6. lower-*.f6491.1

      \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot 2}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{\color{blue}{c \cdot a}}{b} - b\right)} \]
  12. Applied rewrites91.1%

    \[\leadsto \frac{c \cdot 2}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \left(\frac{c \cdot a}{b} - b\right)}} \]
  13. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024223 
(FPCore (a b c)
  :name "Quadratic roots, medium range"
  :precision binary64
  :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
  (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))